Tech Tips – HVAC School For HVAC Techs, By HVAC Techs (Refrigeration as well)
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Pitch on Line Penetrations
Most techs and installers know that drains need to be pitched. I use the rule of thumb that drain lines should generally be pitched 1/4″ per foot of […]
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Testing, Recovery and Charging a Sealed System
There are many appliances with compression refrigeration circuits that do not have ports installed for testing, recovery, charging and evacuation. These […]
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Common Concrete Anchor Fails
No matter what trade you work in you will need to use a concrete anchor at one time or another. Here are some mistakes I have seen (and made) that you are […]
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Why Discharge Line Temperature is a Useful Reading
Ever since I started in the trade we would take discharge line temperature in the winter on a heat pump system. In the Winter the discharge line is easily […]
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Technician Head Trash
It’s Friday at 6PM… The schedule is clear as far as you can tell… other guys have been getting cleared right and left… so you call […]